In theory the different versions matter. In practice I havet found one app that dosnt run as it should. Im on 2.1 - As for stuff you dont need, get Root access to your phone and remove it, it may not be straighforward, depending on model but you can do it. Upgrading anything can break backward compatibilty so its a moot point, just rushing in and upgrading has its problems with every OS.polaris20 wrote:Honestly, if I were to get another Android phone, it would be whatever Nexus phone is available at that point. It's the only line of Android phones that won't come with all the unnecessary bullshit that Motorola, HTC, etc. insist upon putting on the phones, and it's the only line that will get the Android updates in a timely fashion.
Has the Galaxy S series even gotten 2.2 yet? 2.3 is out now. It's this fragmentation that's going to hurt Android long-term. The developer for Angry Birds said how difficult it is coding for all these different phones, and that's just a game. Imagine trying to deal with complex audio applications.
For me, the "vanilla" install of Android on my Droid is still the best version of Android.
ok folks my droid future lies in yr hands...
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- KVRAF
- 6323 posts since 30 Dec, 2004 from London uk
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- KVRAF
- 4420 posts since 7 Nov, 2005 from Florida
Personally, I would buy any inexpensive or FREE phone that has android 2.2 and allows you to create a wifi hot spot - then buy a Viewsonic Gtablet (I did), root it and install tnt lite 2.20.
Now you can tether from the phone to the gtablet (10.2" screen) - that means you can surf, do email and in many cases, text from the gtablet.
I plan on getting a new cheap phone and doing this as soon as my iphone contract is up in a week.
The other route is to get a really cheap phone (like a metro pcs phone) for phone and texting. For everything else, get a Virgin mobile hot spot ($40 a month for unlimited 3G internet and data). Again, get a tablet (the gtablet, to me, is the absolute best choice) and use the mobile hot spot for your internet on your tablet.
Just some ideas.
Mike
Now you can tether from the phone to the gtablet (10.2" screen) - that means you can surf, do email and in many cases, text from the gtablet.
I plan on getting a new cheap phone and doing this as soon as my iphone contract is up in a week.
The other route is to get a really cheap phone (like a metro pcs phone) for phone and texting. For everything else, get a Virgin mobile hot spot ($40 a month for unlimited 3G internet and data). Again, get a tablet (the gtablet, to me, is the absolute best choice) and use the mobile hot spot for your internet on your tablet.
Just some ideas.
Mike
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- KVRAF
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
"Fragmentation" is hysteria...no one says that macs or PCs suffer from fragmentation yet both platforms have had many more models than there are android phones.
Fragmentation is more something that will apply to a non-centralized open source operating system that is used over many, many types of different type of hardware, as what happened with unix. Android is open but Google and the OHA still hold the technical standards of Android.
Fragmentation is more something that will apply to a non-centralized open source operating system that is used over many, many types of different type of hardware, as what happened with unix. Android is open but Google and the OHA still hold the technical standards of Android.
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- KVRian
- 1498 posts since 21 Nov, 2005 from The Netherlands
I love my Galaxy S with Froyo, yes it's out.. about a month or so?polaris20 wrote:Has the Galaxy S series even gotten 2.2 yet?
